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MEDIA RELEASE

BUILT ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY’S BEST HONOURED AT BCA AWARDS

- New minimum environmental sustainability standards for existing buildings with

gross floor area greater than 5,000m2 when installing or replacing building cooling

system

- Enhanced incentives and financing schemes to help building owners green

existing buildings

- Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is first BCA Green Mark PlatinumSTAR

Champion with 51 Green Mark Platinum projects

Singapore, 26 May 2016 – At the BCA Awards 2016, Minister for National

Development, Mr Lawrence Wong lauded exemplary achievements by the built

environment industry and shared with more than 2,000 industry players the initiatives

that BCA has introduced to spur building owners on their green journey.

Stronger drive to green buildings in Singapore

Minimum Environmental Sustainability Standards for Existing Buildings

2. With the national target to green at least 80% of our building stock by 2030, a

phased approach was adopted to require existing buildings to meet minimum

sustainability standard when they are retrofitted. The initial phase took effect from

January 2014, targeting commercial buildings with Gross Floor Area (GFA) of

15,000m2 or more. The next phase, which will take effect in early 2017, requires

medium-sized buildings, with GFA greater than 5,000m2, to meet minimum standards

equivalent to the BCA Green Mark Certified level when they undergo retrofitting to

install or replace the cooling system within their building.

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More help for building owners to green their buildings

Enhancement to $50 million Green Mark Incentive Scheme for Existing Buildings and

Premises

3. The $50 million Green Mark Incentive Scheme for Existing Buildings (GMIS-

EBP), which was introduced in September 2014, will be enhanced to provide

stronger support for building owners and tenants to jointly undertake energy

improvement works within their buildings. Building owners with at least 10 per cent

of tenants that are Small & Medium Enterprises1 (SMEs), will be eligible to tap on the

scheme, which provides a cash incentive amounting to up to 50% of the cost incurred

solely for the purchase and installation of energy efficient equipment within the building.

4. Besides relieving the high capital cost of replacing the air-conditioning system,

the scheme will also cover the cost of building optimisation to help improve energy

efficiency. This scheme is also applicable to office and retail buildings in Business

Parks, as well as Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), Voluntary Welfare

Organisations (VWOs) and religious organisations. The new enhancement to the

GMIS-EBP (Building owner) will apply to applications received on or after 30 June

2016.

Extension of Building Retrofit Energy Efficiency Financing Scheme

5. Another scheme that helps building owners secure upfront capital to enhance

their building’s energy efficiency is the Building Retrofit Energy Efficiency Financing

(BREEF) scheme which was introduced in 2011. Under the scheme, BCA partners

selected Financial Institution (FIs) in Singapore to facilitate loans to building owners,

with BCA sharing the risk of any loan default with the participating FIs. The scheme

has been extended by two more years, till end March 2018.

1 The definition of SME, in accordance with SPRING’s definition is:

Minimum 30% local shareholding AND

Company's Group annual sales turnover not more than S$100 million; OR

Company's Group employment size not more than 200 workers

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New SGBC-BCA Zero Capital Partnership Scheme

6. A new initiative that BCA is rolling out in partnership with the Singapore Green

Building Council (SGBC), is the SGBC-BCA Zero Capital Partnership Scheme (ZCPS),

aimed at helping building owners carry out building retrofits. Building owners who

require capital and technical assistance in building retrofits can now find support from

Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) firms accredited by SGBC. These EPC firms

will conduct energy audits and propose the necessary retrofits as well as provide

financing, and/or facilitate the application of suitable financing and incentive schemes

for building owners.

BCA Green Mark Champions and First PlatinumSTAR Champion

7. The highlight of the BCA Awards was the top accolades that were given out to

honour the industry’s best. This included the inaugural BCA Green Mark

PlatinumSTAR Champion award conferred to the Nanyang Technological

University (NTU). This latest honour category was introduced in recognition of

outstanding developers and building owners who have 50 or more building projects

that have achieved the highest BCA Green Mark Platinum rating.

8. To date, NTU has 51 Green Mark Platinum new and existing buildings in its

campus grounds which are projected to generate an estimated 39,000 MWh of energy

savings annually. This amount of energy saved is equivalent to the amount used to

power up over 8,000 HDB 4-room flats for a year. This year, NTU won 37 BCA Green

Mark Platinum awards. Amongst the winning projects are the Clinical Sciences

Building located at the Novena Campus and the upcoming Academic Building North.

9. NTU Provost Professor Freddy Boey said, “Sustainability is at the heart of

everything we do – in research, education, and service to the community. NTU aims

to become one of the world’s most environmentally-friendly university campuses by

greening all new buildings, retrofitting existing ones to higher BCA Green Mark

standards and partnering with industry leaders looking for long-term sustainable

options. Green buildings are a great investment for universities. They inspire

innovation and encourage students to see for themselves how green living benefits

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the environment and communities. This is important if we want leave this planet in

good condition for future generations.”

10. “The built environment sector has been working closely with us and is becoming

increasingly conscious of their impact on the environment. Over the years, we are

heartened to see more firms picking up pace in their green building journey. We hope

that the new BCA Green Mark PlatinumSTAR Champion Award will encourage

developers and building owners to play a more active role and stay committed in the

fight against climate change,” said Mr Neo Choon Keong, Acting Deputy CEO for

Industry Development, BCA.

11. Given the increasing awareness and popularity of the BCA Green Mark within

the industry, BCA gave out 304 Green Mark awards this year – the highest thus far –

including four Green Mark Champions awards conferred to Genting Singapore PLC,

Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, and National Parks Board. (Please refer to

Annex E and F for more information)

Record number of awards this year

12. This year, a record number of 424 awards were given out at the annual BCA

Awards which celebrates the best in the industry in areas of safety, quality,

sustainability, productivity and universal design.

Issued by the Building and Construction Authority on 26 May 2016

Enclosed:

Annex A – Factsheet on Minimum Environmental Sustainability Standards for Existing

Buildings

Annex B – Factsheet on Enhancements to Green Mark Incentive Scheme for Existing

Buildings and Premises (Building owner)

Annex C – Factsheet on Building Retrofit Energy Efficiency Financing Scheme

Annex D – Factsheet on Zero Capital Partnership Scheme

Annex E – Factsheet on BCA Green Mark Champion Award

Annex F – List of BCA Green Mark Champion 2016 winners

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About Building and Construction Authority The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) of Singapore champions the development of

an excellent built environment for Singapore. BCA’s mission is to shape a safe, high quality,

sustainable and friendly built environment, as these are four key elements where BCA has a

significant influence. In doing so, it aims to differentiate Singapore’s built environment from

those of other cities and contribute to a better quality of life for everyone in Singapore. Hence,

its vision is to have "a future-ready built environment for Singapore". Together with its

education arm, the BCA Academy, BCA works closely with its industry partners to develop

skills and expertise that help shape a future-ready built environment for Singapore. For more

information, visit www.bca.gov.sg.

For media queries, please contact the Corporate Communications Department: Rena Pang (Ms) Executive Communications Manager, Corporate Communications Department DID: 6804 4156 Email: rena_pang@bca.gov.sg

Leong Ee Leng (Ms) Director, Corporate Communications Department DID: 6804 4165 Email: leong_ee_leng@bca.gov.sg

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Annex A – Factsheet on Minimum Environmental Sustainability Standard for

Existing Buildings

Background

A key target set by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Sustainable Development (IMCSD) for

the building sector was to have “at least 80% of the buildings (by GFA) in Singapore greened

by 2030”. Further to the gazetting of the Building Control (Environmental Sustainability)

Regulations in 2008 to introduce a minimum environmental sustainability standard for all new

building works and major additions or extensions to existing buildings, the focus shifted to the

greening of the large existing building stock. A phased approach was subsequently adopted

for the implementation of minimum environmental sustainability standard for existing buildings.

In the initial phase that took effect on 2 January 2014, the requirement to meet minimum

environmental sustainability standard will apply to hotel, retail and office buildings with gross

floor area (GFA) of 15,000m2 or more, as and when the building cooling system is installed or

replaced. The minimum standard to comply with is equivalent to the BCA Green Mark Certified

level.

Next Implementation Phase (effective from early 2017) (NEW)

The minimum environmental sustainability standard for existing buildings will be extended to

all other building types with centralised cooling systems and GFA greater than 5,000m2,

excluding the following:

a) any industrial buildings; b) any railway premises, port services and facilities or airport services and facilities; c) any religious building; d) any data center; e) any utility building; or f) any residential building but not including serviced apartments.

Through the various legislative measures, BCA aims to drive the built environment sector

towards achieving an optimal level of sustainability performance in existing buildings

throughout their life cycles.

Details on the next implementation phase will be publicised in the second half of 2016.

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Annex B – Factsheet on Enhancements to Green Mark Incentive Scheme for

Existing Buildings and Premises (Building owner)

Background

1. In September 2014, BCA rolled out the $50 million Green Mark Incentive Scheme for Existing

Buildings and Premises (GMIS-EBP) to encourage building owners and tenants to undertake

Energy Improvement Works involving the installation of energy efficient equipment approved by

BCA, to achieve substantial improvements in energy efficiency. It includes a cash incentive

amounting to up to 50% of the cost of purchasing and installing the energy efficient equipment.

2. The Scheme is targeted mainly at (a) existing private commercial buildings such as retail,

hotels, office buildings and other approved non-residential buildings and (b) tenanted premises

such as offices, retail, restaurant and supermarkets.

3. The incentive applies to Small & Medium Enterprise (SME) tenants and building owners, or

building owners who are not SME but with at least 30% of its tenants who are SMEs.

Enhancements under GMIS-EBP (Building Owner) (NEW)

1. BCA has enhanced the GMIS-EBP (Building Owners) to provide stronger support to the

industry in raising the environmental sustainability of buildings. The GMIS-EBP (Tenants) will be

enhanced at a later stage.

2. The GMIS-EBP (Building Owner) scheme will continue, with a few key enhancements

summarised below:

a) To provide stronger support and reduce the hurdles to the building owners and tenants in their

partnership to green buildings, the eligibility requirement for building owners to achieve

30% SME tenants will be lowered to 10% of SME tenants (please refer to Table 1 for more

details)

b) The scheme will be extended to office and retail buildings in Business Parks to offset

part of their green retrofit costs. We will also be extending the scheme to include building

owners who are Non-Governmental Organisation (NGOs), Voluntary Welfare

Organisation (VWOs) and religious organisations. (please refer to Table 1 for more details)

c) To relieve the high upfront capital cost of air-conditioning system replacement for building

owners who are not financially strong, we will expand the scheme to include building

optimisation projects to improve energy efficiency. In order to ensure energy savings

through optimisation, building owner will be required to adopt Energy Performance

Contracting2 (EPC), where EPC firms guarantee the committed energy savings. More

details on funding support for optimisation will be provided at a later date.

3. The above enhancements under the GMIS-EBP (Building Owner) will apply to applications received on or after 30 June 2016.

2EPC is a turnkey service which provides customers with a comprehensive set of energy efficiency and renewable energy

measures and is often accompanied with guarantees that the savings produced by a project will be sufficient to finance the full cost of the project.

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Table 1 – Details of GMIS-EBP funding

S/No Type of Fund What is Funded? How much is the Funding? Who is Eligible?

1 Green Mark Incentive Scheme for Existing Buildings and Premises (GMIS-EBP) (Building Owner)

[Enhanced] Co-funding of the retrofitting cost for energy improvements, which includes total replacement and optimisation* of air-conditioning systems, lightings and other energy efficiency related works *Funding details for optimisation projects to be provided at later stage

Large-sized buildings for total replacement Co-funds up to 50%, or up to

S$3 million for building owners Medium-sized buildings for total replacement Co-funds up to 50%, or up to

S$700,000 for building owners

[Enhanced] Small & Medium Enterprise (SME)1 building owners, or building owners who are not SME but have at least 10% of its tenants who are SMEs of existing private commercial buildings such as retail, hotels, office buildings, mixed developments, office and retail buildings in business parks [Enhanced] Building Owners of Non-Governmental Organisation (NGOs), Voluntary Welfare Organisation (VWOs) and religious organisations

2 Green Mark Incentive Scheme for Existing Buildings and Premises (GMIS-EBP) (Tenant)

Co-funding of the retrofitting cost for energy improvements which includes lightings, sensors and other energy efficiency related works

Office Tenants Co-funds up to 50%, or up to

$20,000 for tenants Retail, Restaurant and Supermarket Tenants Co-fund up to 50%, or up to

$15,000

Small & Medium Enterprise (SME) Tenants of Office, Retail, Restaurant and Supermarket

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Annex C – Factsheet on Building Retrofit Energy Efficiency Financing (BREEF)

Scheme

Background

The BREEF pilot scheme was launched in September 2011. It is a financing programme

designed to facilitate financing for energy efficiency retrofits under an Energy Performance

Contract (EPC) arrangement. The EPC can ensure that a minimum level of energy savings

can be achieved.

The scheme also provides credit facilities for the purchase and installation of energy efficient

equipment.

BREEF will help facilitate loans to building owners with BCA sharing the risk of any loan default

with the participating FIs issuing the loans.

Through the scheme, it will give room to develop Singapore’s energy services industry as well

as rope in more financial institutions to support energy efficiency projects.

The BREEF scheme has been extended from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2018.

Participating Financial Institutions

Currently, the participating Financial Institutions (FIs) are: DBS Bank Ltd, IFS Capital and Orix

Leasing Singapore, Standard Chartered Bank and United Overseas Bank.

For more information, pls refer to: https://www.bca.gov.sg/GreenMark/breef.html.

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Annex D – Factsheet on SGBC-BCA Zero Capital Partnership Scheme (ZCPS)

Background

Building owners who are interested to green their buildings may have difficulty getting the

capital and technical expertise necessary to implement energy efficient retrofit projects on

their own.

The SGBC-BCA Zero Capital Partnership Scheme addresses these critical concerns by

providing the building owners with the expertise of Energy Performance Contracting (EPC)

firms which are accredited under the SGBC Singapore Green Building Services Labelling

Scheme (SGBS). Through this scheme, existing buildings can achieve greater energy

efficiency with zero capital outlay.

The EPC firms provide a one-stop solution to building owners in

a) carrying out both minor and major retrofits for their buildings,

b) financing and assisting with the application of relevant grants or incentive schemes to

fund the retrofit works, as well as

c) facilitating the Green Mark certification of the buildings.

Framework

Participating EPC firms under the Scheme will undertake the following:

a) Conduct energy audit and propose the necessary retrofit/optimisation works that will

allow building owners to meet their desired performance targets and Green Mark

rating. This includes a performance guarantee on the proposed building retrofits for

an agreed period of time;

b) Finance the retrofit works and/or assist the building owners to apply for suitable

financing and incentive schemes, i.e. Green Mark Incentive Scheme for Existing

Buildings (GMIS-EB) Health Check, GMIS for Existing Buildings and Premises

(GMIS-EBP), and Building Retrofit Energy Efficiency Financing (BREEF); and

Apply for and facilitate the assessment process for BCA Green Mark certification.

Application

Interested building owners can approach any of the EPC firms participating in the Zero

Capital Partnership Scheme, as listed in the website: http://www.sgbc.sg/wf-menu-

install/building-energy-efficiency/zero-capital-partnership.

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Annex E – Factsheet on BCA Green Mark Champion Award

The BCA Green Mark Champion Award was launched at BCA Awards 2008. This award recognises developers and building owners with strong commitment towards corporate social responsibility and outstanding achievements in environmental sustainability. It is given to developers and building owners who achieve a substantial number of Green Mark buildings at Gold level and higher.

In 2016, BCA introduced a new higher award category called BCA Green Mark PlatinumSTAR Champion in recognition of the efforts of those who have achieved 50 or more building projects with Green Mark Platinum rating.

There are two categories for the award:

BCA Green Mark Champion

BCA Green Mark Platinum Champion o BCA Green Mark Platinum Champion o BCA Green Mark PlatinumSTAR Champion

Chinese translation:

BCA Green Mark 领导奖

BCA Green Mark 领导白金奖

o BCA Green Mark 领导白金奖

o BCA Green Mark 领导白金星级奖

Besides demonstrating strong commitment towards corporate social responsibility and

environmental sustainability, candidates must meet these criteria to qualify:

Developer awarded with BCA Green Mark PlatinumSTAR Champion Award

Nanyang Technological University (NTU)*

Developer awarded with BCA Green Mark Platinum Champion Award

City Developments Limited (CDL)

Total no. of building projects rated

BCA Green Mark Champion

BCA Green Mark Platinum Champion

Platinum Champion

PlatinumSTAR Champion

Green Mark

Gold & above

At least 10 At least 50 -

Green Mark

GoldPLUS &

above

At least 6 At least 30 -

Green Mark

Platinum

At least 3 At least 15 At least 50

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Developer awarded with BCA Green Mark Champion Award

Ascendas

CapitaLand Group

Genting Singapore PLC*

Housing & Development Board

JTC Corporation

Keppel Land Limited

Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd

Ministry of Education, Singapore*

Ministry of Health, Singapore*

National Parks Board*

National University of Singapore

In 2016, the awards were given out to one BCA Green Mark PlatinumSTAR Champion and

four BCA Green Mark Champions. To date, a total of 13 developers and building owners

have received this award.

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Annex F – List of BCA Green Mark Champion 2016 winners BCA Green Mark PlatinumSTAR Champion 2016: Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore)

Academic Block North

Clinical Sciences Building, NTU’s Novena Campus

The Hive Pioneer and Crescent Student Hostels

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has 52 BCA Green Mark-certified buildings, of which 51 achieved Green Mark Platinum, which is the highest rating. BCA’s Green Mark Platinum Award is Singapore’s national benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.

This year, NTU won 37 BCA Green Mark Platinum awards. Amongst the winning projects are the Clinical Sciences Building located at the Novena Campus and the upcoming Academic Building North.

The 51 Green Mark Platinum buildings on NTU's campus are playing an important role in reducing the university's energy consumption. Collectively they can generate an estimated 39,000 MWh of energy savings annually compared to a non-Green Mark certified building. This amount of energy saved can power more than 8,000 HDB 4-room flats in a year.

The Clinical Sciences Building at NTU’s Novena campus is a prime example of green building at its best, with energy efficient and other green features. The building, which houses state-of-the-art learning spaces and advanced research facilities for medical education and research, has high performance glass windows which maximise daylight and yet mitigate heat gain, energy-efficient air-conditioning and recycling facilities.

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Equipped with similar eco-features, NTU’s upcoming Academic Block North will be the university’s latest icon for sustainability. Besides being fully-fitted with LED lighting, it is designed to take advantage of its natural surroundings. Using computer modelling of the sun and wind patterns on-site, the buildings’ designers aim to harness natural winds so students will enjoy good ventilation and shade, especially around open areas.

The Academic Block North buildings are also fitted with a demand-driven ventilation system. Depending on the number of people in enclosed spaces, the amount of air flow and air-conditioning are tweaked to provide optimal ventilation while maximising energy savings.

Besides green buildings, sustainability is a key focus of NTU’s long term vision, stretching from research to curriculum. All first-year NTU undergraduates take a compulsory module in environmental sustainability. The university also offers an undergraduate programme ‘Environmental Earth Systems Science’ that is focused on Asia. Its faculty members include experts in energy, biodiversity, engineering, earth sciences and the human dimensions of sustainability.

NTU also has bold plans to become one of the world’s most environmentally-friendly university campuses. The university has been on a rapid drive to green all its new buildings and retrofitting existing ones to higher BCA Green Mark standards in recent years.

NTU's efforts are part of its EcoCampus initiative to transform the entire 200-hectare varsity campus into a mega testbed for green tech innovations and reduce energy and water usage by 35 per cent by 2020.

Pioneer of green construction and technologies

The university is already pioneering a variety of green construction techniques and the application of green building technologies.

NTU’s iconic The Hive building, which won the Green Mark Platinum Award in 2013, has a unique ventilation system that is a more sustainable alternative to conventional air conditioning. No fans are needed for air distribution. In addition, the openings between pods allow for natural ventilation to the atrium, corridors, staircases, and lift lobby.

NTU's upcoming student hostels at North Hill and Nanyang Crescent are the first public high-rise built using Prefabricated Pre-finished Volumetric Construction (PPVC), a ground-breaking eco-friendly technology.

PPVC significantly reduces energy usage in construction. Traditionally, the construction site is the point where materials are measured, cut and assembled into the finished building. With prefabricated construction, the site is simply a location for final assembly of major components, which effectively shortens the time needed to construct the building by about four months, and results in 40 per cent savings in on-site manpower.

NTU is also racing to complete its new Sports Hall which is the first in Southeast Asia to have a continuous wave-like timber roof arching over 70 metres long. The university is utilising cross-laminated timber and glue-laminated timber to erect the Sports Hall building that is just as strong and fire-resistant as those made from steel and concrete. Building with engineered wood involves assembling prefabricated parts, which speeds construction and cuts labour costs.

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Key Achievements

The BCA Green Mark PlatinumSTAR Champion Award was introduced in 2016 to recognise the efforts of developers and building owners who have gone over and beyond to achieve 50 or more Green Mark Platinum building projects.

In 2016, NTU clinched a total of 37 Green Mark Platinum Awards. With that, NTU has achieved a total of 51 Green Mark Platinum building projects, making them the first BCA Green Mark PlatinumSTAR Champion winner.

It is important to note that all building projects that have received Green Mark certification are subject to re-assessment every three years to maintain its Green Mark status.

Breakdown of NTU’s Green Mark building projects, as of May 2016:

BCA Green Mark Rating No. of buildings

Gold Award 1

Platinum Award 51

Total 52

There is also a significant increase in the number of Green Mark Platinum Awards that NTU has achieved as compared to previous years. Here’s the breakdown of the 51 of BCA Green Mark Platinum Awards that NTU achieved over the years:

BCA Awards 2013 2

BCA Awards 2014 5

BCA Awards 2015 7

BCA Awards 2016 37

NTU’s Green Mark Platinum building projects comprise new and existing, residential and non-residential buildings (e.g. hostels, office buildings, faculty buildings):

New residential buildings 2

New non-residential buildings 7

Existing residential buildings 19

Existing non-residential buildings 23

For more information about the BCA Green Mark criteria, please visit https://www.bca.gov.sg/greenmark/green_mark_criteria.html

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BCA Green Mark Champion 2016:

Genting Singapore PLC

Resorts World Sentosa

Genting Hotel Jurong

Universal Studios Singapore

The Maritime Experiential Museum

As Asia’s leading integrated resort developer, Genting Singapore is committed to being a responsible corporate citizen by giving back and investing in the communities and environment in which we operate. We aim to develop world-class integrated resorts that transform destinations, create jobs and reinvest in local economies through sustainable practices and development. We promote environmental conservation through investments in technologies, implementing green designs in infrastructure and promoting green programmes across our development projects. To enhance our accountability towards sustainability efforts, we became one of the first few local companies to document our efforts in accordance with the “G4-Core” standards of the Global Reporting Initiative. In recognition of our efforts, Genting Singapore is awarded three Green Mark Platinum and eight Green Mark Gold Plus by the Building and Construction Authority for its award-winning flagship property in Singapore, Resorts World Sentosa (“RWS”), one of Southeast Asia’s largest fully integrated destination resorts. In addition to being the recipient of the Solar Pioneer Award by the Economic Development Board and the Energy Market Authority in 2010, RWS has also been certified as one of the pioneering green data centres in Singapore by the Infocomm Development Authority.

Key Achievements: Total of 11 building projects that achieved BCA Green Mark Gold or higher - three Platinum, eight GoldPLUS.

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BCA Green Mark Champion 2016: Ministry of Education, Singapore

Alexandra Primary School

West Spring Primary School

Beatty Secondary School

From educating our children on the importance of environment conservation to building sustainable schools, the Ministry of Education (MOE) recognises the importance of environmental sustainability. It starts from designing schools with green features, to educating students and involving them in environmental programs and to attaining BCA Green Mark for schools. MOE’s commitment is our continuous journey towards creating an eco-friendly environment for our younger generation. An example is Alexandra Primary School which has been awarded the BCA Green Mark Platinum rating in 2012. It is designed with a central void and makes use of the north-south building orientation to reduce solar heat gain and optimise on natural ventilation. Its green roof, green wall and solar panels with interactive panels also provide an authentic and interactive experience for students to learn about the environment and nature. Through the judicious use of resources and better building performance, West Spring Primary School has also achieved the BCA Green Mark Platinum award in 2012. The strategies employed in the design include enhanced ETTV, efficient aircon system, maximum daylight, sustainable construction method, green wall and composting bins. The building and landscape serve as education tools for students to acquire a greater understanding on environmental sustainability. Beatty Secondary is another example that has attained the BCA Green Mark GoldPLUS award recently. The school uses effective sun shading devices, solar hot water system and energy efficient equipment to reduce energy consumption. The school also appoints an environment monitor in each class to promote green movement and cultivate leadership skills.

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MOE recognises that schools play a crucial role in preparing our students to become an educated, responsible and empowered people who will shape the future of our nation and the global environment. Under the Public Sector to Take the Lead in Environmental Sustainability initiative, MOE seeks to increase the environmental awareness for staff and students, and achieve a minimum BCA Green Mark Gold rating for all mainstream schools. Key Achievements: 20 schools with Green Mark which includes four Platinum, two GoldPLUS, eight Gold and six certified level.

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BCA Green Mark Champion 2016: Ministry of Health, Singapore

Changi General Hospital Medical Centre

National Centre for Infectious Diseases

Sengkang General and Community Hospitals

The MOH Holdings Pte Ltd (MOHH) supports the Ministry of Health (MOH) in the development of public healthcare facilities, to meet the growing healthcare demands in Singapore. The types of developments undertaken by MOHH include general hospitals, community hospitals, specialty centres, polyclinics, nursing homes, and senior care centres.

The Sustainability for Healthcare Infrastructure strategy roadmap was developed to guide the design and construction, as well as the operation and maintenance, of our future public healthcare facilities. By incorporating environmental sustainability considerations in the early design stage, greater energy and cost savings can be achieved over the entire building’s life cycle. These considerations include enhancing space design for efficient workflows and adopting more energy-conserving designs for building services.

MOH and MOHH are honoured to receive the BCA Green Mark Awards, and are committed to building more green and sustainable public healthcare facilities in the future.

Key Achievements: 11 building projects achieved the BCA Green Mark Award with a Gold rating or higher - 9 Platinum, one GoldPLUS, and one Gold.

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BCA Green Mark Champion 2016: National Parks Board

Dragonfly Lake at Gardens by the Bay

Coney Island Park

Kranji Marshes

National Parks Board (NParks) is responsible for providing and enhancing the greenery of our City

in a Garden. Beyond building green infrastructure, NParks is actively engaging the community to

enhance the quality of our living environment. NParks manages over 350 parks and four nature

reserves. Adding to this is the extensive streetscape, or roadside greenery, that forms the

backbone of our City in a Garden. An island-wide Park Connector Network is also being developed

to link major parks, nature areas and residential estates.

As NParks continues to design and develop more parks, enrich our streetscapes and make

greenery more pervasive in Singapore, it is also imperative that we ensure that urban landscapes

are sustainable. The adoption of best practices in landscape design, construction, management

and maintenance is essential for environmental and economic sustainability. NParks adopts Green

Mark as one of the standards to bring about sustainable planning, design, development and

management of parks and landscapes. Green Mark is also a good avenue to share best practices

and innovative approaches with practitioners from the landscape, horticulture and related

industries.

NParks was involved in the planning, design and developments of the following Platinum projects:

Gardens by the Bay (Bay South)

Gardens By The Bay (*Special Project)

CDL Green Gallery @ SBG Heritage Museum

Coney Island Park

Kranji Marshes

Key Achievements: Total of 15 building projects that achieved BCA Green Mark Gold or higher - five Platinum, one GoldPLUS, and nine Gold.